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11 Paleshrine is the northernmost land of the Valdorion Peninsula on Rinea, a territory of harsh badlands, deep sea and ancient ruins previewed by NEXON in a Tales of the Uncrowned lore post on 15 October 2026 together with Molten River. Its central threat is the elf Vanguard Captain Fabien, who is gathering aether to wake an ancient war machine and offer it to Bella. NEXON has not said when Paleshrine will be playable.
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33 Quick Facts
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55 FieldDetailTypeTerritory, previewed in a lore post on 15 October 2026LocationThe northernmost land of the Valdorion Peninsula: badlands, ruins and deep seaRemaining residentsA few researchers of the Cordia Arcane SocietyElven commanderVanguard Captain FabienNamed areasAncient Ruins, Earthdrake Village, Kurt's Farm, Ashen ValleyKey objectsResonance Stones, Stakes of Dominion, an ancient war machine in the Depths of RuinPlayableNot stated; the game has no release date
66 Pale Ruins and the Awakening War Machine
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88 When ruins giving off a blue-green light were found here, mages and explorers gathered and founded a frontier village. Research stalled and most of them left, leaving only a few researchers of the Cordia Arcane Society, the society of mages that seeks to free magic from the constraints of bloodlines, described in the Magic System article.
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1011 Fabien has attached Stakes of Dominion to Resonance Stones throughout the region to gather aether. His aim is to awaken an ancient war machine sleeping in the Depths of Ruin and present it to Bella.
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1415 The preview splits the territory into four named areas:
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1617 AreaSubtitleWhat the preview describesAncient RuinsThe Machine Sentinel Awakened from the DeepA ruin that lay beneath the sea for millennia, preserved intact by Aether Preservation Magic. Its walls and pillars carry script that neither human nor elven readers can decipher, and its blue-green ore gives off a pale glow. As the stakes feed aether into the Resonance Stones, long-stilled machines begin to stir, and deep-sea life warped by consuming aether attacks investigators alongside ancient war engines.Earthdrake VillageThe Altar of Warriors Forged in VengeanceThe settlement of the Earthdrake Tribe (the same post also calls it the Earth Dragon Tribe) in Paleshrine's crags. More than a decade of clashes with farm mercenaries turned scattered bands into a warlike tribe that reveres the Resonance Stones as sacred altars and offers the corpses of fallen humans as sacrifices. Fabien's stakes turned that hatred into madness, and the mightiest surviving warrior guards the village's Resonance Stone.Kurt's FarmThe Great Farm Devoured by Eternal YouthThe great farm of the landowner Kurt, which once carried Paleshrine's grain and economy. Fearing death, Kurt accepted the Lifeforce Essence Fabien offered and, in exchange for immortality, handed the people of his farm to the elves. The farmers, servants and mercenaries gathered for a feast lost their bodies and became Wraiths of living aether. Kurt now drifts across the farm on the boundary between life and death, devouring Wraiths.Ashen ValleyThe Order That Promises Salvation Through SufferingThe hideout of the Ashen Order in a deep, dark ravine. The order worships the Ashen God of Death and believes only those who accept a painful death can be reborn into a new life; willing members and captives dragged there by force are bound together among rotting tents, iron cages and torture implements. Fabien won the order over with promises of greater suffering, then used the stakes to amplify its madness and draw aether from the victims.
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1719 Factions and Figures
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1921 NameWho they areVanguard Captain FabienAn elf who plants the stakes on Paleshrine's Resonance Stones, bargains with Kurt, and co-opts the Ashen Order, all to wake the war machine for Bella. The preview does not name his faction.KurtThe landowner of Kurt's Farm, who traded his people for Fabien's promise of immortality.Earthdrake TribeA warlike tribe of the crags that treats the Resonance Stones as altars.Ashen OrderA death cult devoted to the Ashen God of Death.Cordia Arcane SocietyThe mages' society whose last few researchers remain at the frontier village.
2022 Aether in Paleshrine
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2224 Paleshrine introduces several aether terms not seen in earlier posts: Aether Preservation Magic, which kept the ruins intact under the sea; Resonance Stones, which gather aether once stakes are attached; the Lifeforce Essence Fabien uses to buy Kurt; and Wraiths of living aether. How these connect to the aether springs and trees already described has not been explained.
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2426 What Has Not Been Published
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2628 Whether Fabien belongs to the Velseize Elves or another factionWhat the ancient war machine is, who built it, and whether it is foughtWhether the four areas are liberation areas with Domain Bosses, story chapters, or open field zonesWhen Paleshrine will be playable
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2830 Related
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3032 Molten RiverBellaMagic SystemRineaThe Elven InvasionVeritas Academy